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They can - BUT apparently the process still needs to be started off on real yew clippings each time they make a batch. Maybe its like home brewing or something?

Yeah, sorry bout that - I think I had one too many nightcaps yesterday eve...

This might be of interest - Yew clippings to make chemotherapy | Cancer Research UK They need clippings as an ingredient in anti-cancer drug, but not the timber, unfortunately. Might be worth looking into, for guys that do a lot of hedges, could be good money.

Sorry should have mentioned the song - I'll stick it in the description - its SONGS FROM THE WOOD, by the great Jethro Tull, from the album Songs From The Wood (1977) By the way, Im sure Ian Anderson cuts his own firewood - but NOT while standing on one leg....and if he does; that doesn't mean YOU should, no matter how big a Tull fan you are, or were, back in the day... Its dangerous, and stupid....And I'm sure Ian and the lads would tell you the same.

Thought I'd just link this here - this is my own log-holder, very cheap, works excellently. [ame] [/ame]

This should give you a clue - depends which model astra Towing Capacity*Vauxhall*Astra The towing capacity might be on the plate if you can find it, sometimes a sticker inside the door frame. Mine was a 1.2lt hatchback "city" model, 1995 - it towed like a mother - astonishing for a wee car! Bear in mind the actual towing capacity will be higher than what you can legally tow, depending on whether the trailer is braked or not. For a single axel car trailer, 750kg design gross weight, with a mower and tools etc, no problem.

You might consider buying a long reach chainsaw as well - not a telescopic one, more like a kombi-system attachment. For processing branches on the ground it would be ace, way easy on the back, super safe, super convenient for everything really.

Stumbled upon this vid of the Unimog Factory a few weeks back. Lot of handwork in those trucks! [ame] [/ame]

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrHpSgjWVa1rm3aEYd5Ffvw Yeah that was fun - love messing about with hand winches! Vid is on there somewhere amongst all the other nonsense.

Global warming mate.... A taste of things to come.

Not to mention Billy's 26 odd visits to "pedophile island", where he used to ditch his secret service detail before boarding the plane....Apparently Trump was invited to one of Epstien's parties, showed up for five minutes and then left - presumably when he sussed what kind of shenanigans were afoot.... Flight logs show Bill Clinton flew on sex offender's jet much more than previously known | Fox News

I had to trim a broken twig on an ash, only about 4 inches thick maybe twenty five feet up. Spent two hours around yesterday trying to get my builders line tied to a hex-nut over the branch above it, with a toy catapult. Thank goodness nobody was watching. Couldn't do it, so then tried for the lower branch, back from but close to, the broken twig as possible, thinking to cut it from underneath with my silky. Trouble was, the branch was curving in toward the tree and my rope kept slipping down toward the stem. I just could not get it to cinch where I wanted it to, the only place it would lodge was behind a knot, well out of arms reach of the broken twig. Once I got up there I realised I couldn't reach it, so I tried "walking" my anchor further up the branch, by using my lanyard and main anchor alternately. Gut busting effort, zero result. So, defeated I went home. That was yesterday. This afternoon, I returned, equipped with my 131. Fired the line up tied to a roll of duct tape, got up there, strapped in, and just reached the twig with the pole saw at full extension. Bad angle on the cut, but job done. Next items on the list are Takeuchi catapult, throw bags et al. Also, does anyone use a hook device for pulling themselves around in a tree? Bare in mind this is only my third climb.

Didn't he say it has a 7000kg Train Weight -so wouldn't a twin axel trailer allow him to tow another couple of ton? That would solve the problem, no? A wee chipper in the box, lift on and off with the crane.... Hey - could the crane be modified to double duty as a cherry picker? Handy for hedges etc.

The rule receipts will only be necessary if you are ever audited - most probably there will be a certain percentage of income that can reasonably be expected to cover fuel costs, your accountant will know what this figure is for your profession and travel requirements, if it comes down to it you can argue the distance travelled from work to home, times the number of journeys, factor in mpg for your vehicle etc. Even if you didn't have all the receipts, would most likely not be an issue.

Not to worry Mikeh - he's recieved enough advice since, that IF he dies he'll go out in a blaze of glory....

Tommyk - you really must get yourself a chainsaw and some logs, then you can keep posting questions - and we can poke fun at you for years to come. Its a great forum for that kind of craic If you get your drone and disappear, we will miss you, and occasionally refer to "That guy who got his drone stuck in a tree".....

I went to an adventure park in Germany once. They had huge teepees clad with brand new 10mm belt - brilliant roofing material, flexible, impervious to the elements and the passage of time. Heavy though. Must find the park and post it, everything made out of debarked trees (acacia I think).

Don't know, my guess would be a cheap Poulan, being he's from US and all...the lads set him straight anyway!

Wow. Cool. Could actually be something guys might seriously consider. I supposed a trained marmoset would be an option too.

Christ, there must be something in the stars today - a guy just posted a request for comment on Arboristsite - he wants to prune 50ft oaks and cypresses on his land, thinking about spiking up them and removing the branches with "a hatchet, machete and 18" chainsaw" ..(!)...holy mackerel Andy...

Would a quad copter be strong enough to carry a throwbag and trailing line? Do they make a remote release mechanism? Could be the next big thing in arb access set-up.

What about a more powerful drone copter with a grapple?

Tinned fish, individually wrapped salami, sandwiches sometimes.

The Aussies have already done it

Get yourself a cheap inverter unit, an auto darkening helmet, plenty of cutting grinding and sanding disks and have at it! I find the quickest way to learn anything is to just start the job, **** it up, throw my tools down in disgust, go away and watch some youtube tutorials, then come back the next day, tear down the previous days disaster and nail it the second time. So many amazing tutorials on youtube. A cheap inverter will always come in handy even if you upgrade later to a mig. You can do things with a stick inverter that you can't do with any other gadget - carry it up ladders, for instance. I know guys who have rebuilt whole truck bodies with a €200 inverter, and you can run them on a normal domestic socket with two 50m extension reels without blowing anything. Light rods and low amps - if you get good its surprising how thin you can go, in a pinch. As others have said, its all in the prep. A few tricks need to be learned to avoid disasters - like spot welling everything before doing the main beads. You can check your welds by walloping them with a sledgehammer. Dont attempt verticals welds, its just a waste of time and materials, at this stage. Design your structure so that all the loading forces are metal on metal - in other words that the welds don't hold any of the force - the welds are there to keep the members from moving, not to support. If in doubt, bolt as well. And watch out for fumes. Work outside if you can, especially with galvanised metal or stainless. Even on the mild steel, the rods produce nasty fumes. Best of luck.